A ball python at the St. Louis Zoo left keepers gobsmacked when they recently found it coiled around a clutch of eggs after not having contact with a male for at least 15 years. However ...

Give a male garter snake a taste of estrogen and watch out, as the hormone turns these lads into the sexiest thing on the block, attracting dozens of other males eager to mate. The finding ...

The snake has been living in captivity, without a male companion, for eight years. An intern found the freshly laid membranes in July. This year’s offspring didn’t survive, but the two born ...

Staff and students at a college have spoken of their shock after their 6ft Brazilian rainbow boa snake called Ronaldo had a rare “virgin birth” and produced 14 babies. Peter Quinlan, reptile ...

PORTSMOUTH, England – An extremely rare occurrence of a male snake giving birth to over a dozen baby boas has shocked students and faculty at a United Kingdom college. Ronaldo, a 13-year-old ...

As these two snakes coil around each other in a seemingly affectionate tussle of mating, all is not as it seems. They are actually two male Rat Snakes who are fighting for dominance, to prove who ...

The snake has been living in captivity, without a male companion, for nearly eight years. An intern who cares for the snake found the freshly laid membranes in July. This year's offspring didn't ...

Zookeepers at the Saint Louis Zoo were surprised to see their oldest snake coiled around a clutch of freshly laid eggs because she hadn’t been near a male in more than 15 years. The ball python ...

Robyn White is a Newsweek Nature Reporter based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on wildlife, science and the environment. Robyn joined Newsweek in 2022 having previously worked at ...